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		<title>Giving Away Lenovo ThinkCentre Computer and Two ThinkVision Monitors</title>
		<link>http://izachy.com/2010/07/01/computer-giveaway/</link>
		<comments>http://izachy.com/2010/07/01/computer-giveaway/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 16:19:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Cheung</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Reviews]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I almost forget to let you guys know I&#039;m giving away a computer and two monitors on my geek dad blog. The giveaway runs July 1-5, 2010. Here are the prizes: Lenovo ThinkCentre A63 Tower Computer AMD Athlon II X3 &#8230; <a href="http://izachy.com/2010/07/01/computer-giveaway/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I almost forget to let you guys know I&#039;m giving away a computer and two monitors on my <a href="http://daddyforever.com/">geek dad blog.</a> The giveaway runs July 1-5, 2010. Here are the prizes:</p>
<ul>
<li><b>Lenovo ThinkCentre A63 Tower Computer</b>
<ul>
<li>AMD Athlon II X3 435 45nm processor 2.90 GHz (1.5M total cache)</li>
<li>AMD RS760 + SB710 chipset</li>
<li>2GB DDR3 memory (1066 MHz/1333 MHz with 2 DIMM slots)</li>
<li>250GB serial ATA hard drive</li>
<li>DVD RW drive</li>
<li>Windows 7 Professional 32-bit operating system</li>
<li>Two video ports (VGA, DVI)</li>
<li>Marvell Yukon 88E8057 Gigabit Ethernet with RJ-45 port</li>
<li>ATI Radeon HD3000 DX10 graphics</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><b>Two (2) Lenovo ThinkVision L1951P LCD Monitors</b>
<ul>
<li>Full 19-inch wide (481 mm) viewable image size</li>
<li>Native resolution of 1440 x 900</li>
<li>250 cd/m2 brightness</li>
<li>1000:1 contrast ratio</li>
<li>5 ms response time</li>
<li>Analog and DVI-D video signal connectors with both both sets of cables</li>
</ul>
</li>
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<p align="center"><a href="http://www.embeddedstar.com/careers/"><img src="http://izachy.com/adimages/jobs468.gif" border="0"></a></p>
    <p align="center"><a href="http://embeddedstar.tradepub.com/">Free Magazines</a> : : <a href="http://www.embeddedstar.com/careers/">Find a Job</a> : : <a href="http://izachy.com/">iZachy</a> : : <a href="http://daddyforever.com/">Daddy Forever</a> : : <a href="http://www.embeddedstar.com/">Embedded Star</a> : : <a href="http://edageek.com/">EDA Geek</a> : : <a href="http://edablog.com/">EDA Blog</a> : : <a href="http://fpgablog.com/">FPGA Blog</a><br />&copy; 2010 <a href="http://www.onlinedestiny.com/">Online Destiny Ltd</a> : : <a href="http://izachy.com">iZachy</a> is a trademark of Online Destiny Ltd</p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Threaded Comments Plugin for WordPress</title>
		<link>http://izachy.com/2007/04/30/threaded-comments-plugin-for-wordpress/</link>
		<comments>http://izachy.com/2007/04/30/threaded-comments-plugin-for-wordpress/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2007 05:32:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Cheung</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WordPress]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#039;ve been testing Brian&#039;s Threaded Comments WordPress plugin. As the name implies, the plugin enables threaded comments&#8230;giving you and your readers the ability to reply to a particular comment. I like the plugin, but it requires more work than the &#8230; <a href="http://izachy.com/2007/04/30/threaded-comments-plugin-for-wordpress/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#039;ve been testing Brian&#039;s Threaded Comments WordPress plugin. As the name implies, the plugin enables threaded comments&#8230;giving you and your readers the ability to reply to a particular comment.</p>
<p>I like the plugin, but it requires more work than the standard WordPress plugin. For one thing, the plugin requires you to replace your existing comments.php file for your theme with the file supplied with the plugin files. Then, unless you are lucky, you have to mess around with the style to get the plugin to format correctly for your theme. I think the plugin was designed to work with the default (Kubrick) WordPress theme. This is the reason why I switched back to the default theme for my blog. I didn&#039;t have time to edit the style sheet for my previous theme.</p>
<p>I&#039;ve also noticed that the threaded comments plugin and the CoolPlayer plugin conflicts with each other, resulting in some of the comments being garbled in IE 6. The plugin seems to work fine in IE 7 and FireFox.</p>
<p>Download <a href="http://meidell.dk/archives/2004/09/04/nested-comments/">Brian&#039;s Threaded Comments</a> plugin for WordPress and see if it works out of the box for your theme. If it doesn&#039;t, you will need to edit the plugin files (comments.php and briansthreadedcomments.php) and/or your style sheet (style.css) for your theme.</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.embeddedstar.com/careers/"><img src="http://izachy.com/adimages/jobs468.gif" border="0"></a></p>
    <p align="center"><a href="http://embeddedstar.tradepub.com/">Free Magazines</a> : : <a href="http://www.embeddedstar.com/careers/">Find a Job</a> : : <a href="http://izachy.com/">iZachy</a> : : <a href="http://daddyforever.com/">Daddy Forever</a> : : <a href="http://www.embeddedstar.com/">Embedded Star</a> : : <a href="http://edageek.com/">EDA Geek</a> : : <a href="http://edablog.com/">EDA Blog</a> : : <a href="http://fpgablog.com/">FPGA Blog</a><br />&copy; 2007 <a href="http://www.onlinedestiny.com/">Online Destiny Ltd</a> : : <a href="http://izachy.com">iZachy</a> is a trademark of Online Destiny Ltd</p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>SponsoredReviews</title>
		<link>http://izachy.com/2007/01/15/sponsoredreviews/</link>
		<comments>http://izachy.com/2007/01/15/sponsoredreviews/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 21:27:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Cheung</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pay Per Post]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reviews]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It looks like another pay per post service is launching soon. The new service, SponsoredReviews, has yet to set a launch date and is currently under beta testing. Like ReviewMe, SponsoredReviews does not require positive reviews. And like ReviewMe, they &#8230; <a href="http://izachy.com/2007/01/15/sponsoredreviews/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It looks like another pay per post service is launching soon. The new service, SponsoredReviews, has yet to set a launch date and is currently under beta testing. Like <a href="http://izachy.com/2006/11/10/selling-my-soul-to-reviewme/">ReviewMe</a>, SponsoredReviews does not require positive reviews. And like ReviewMe, they also require you to disclose that the review is a sponsored one.</p>
<p>From what I could read, there appears to be four major differences between ReviewMe and SponsoredReviews. First, as mentioned in the previous paragraph, SponsoredReviews is still in beta while ReviewMe is up and running.</p>
<p>A second major difference is that you can negotiate your own rates with advertisers. SponsoredReviews has a system that will make recommendations based on their automated ratings system, but bloggers will be able to choose their own price. The option to set your own rate would be very appealing to me.</p>
<p>The third major difference is that each advertiser has his or her own requirements for length, link info, etc. With ReviewMe, the minimum length for the post is 200 words and there is no requirement for linking that I know of.</p>
<p>The fourth major difference is that SponsoredReviews&#039; payouts are every two weeks instead of monthly like ReviewMe. In addition, SponsoredReviews does not appear to have a minimum payout amount. Here&#039;s a blurb from their site:</p>
<blockquote><p>Every two weeks, accounts with an outstanding balance are paid instantly via PayPal.</p></blockquote>
<p>SponsoredReviews indicates they will charge less for being the broker, but I could not find any information on what SponsoredReviews will be charging as the middleman. Note: ReviewMe splits the review fee 50-50.</p>
<p>SponsoredReviews appears to be a service of 360 Enterprises, which also sell text links through its <a href="http://www.textlinkbrokers.com/">Textlinkbrokers</a> site.</p>
<p>And no, I am not being paid to write up this review and I doubt I will sign up based on my limited <a href="http://izachy.com/2007/01/08/i-sold-my-soul-for-nothing/">experience with ReviewMe</a>.</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://embeddedstar.tradepub.com/free/ew/"><img src="http://izachy.com/adimages/tp-eweek.gif" width="468" height="60" alt="free eWeek" border="0"/></a></p>
<p align="right">More info: <a href="http://sponsoredreviews.com/">SponsoredReviews</a> &raquo;</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.embeddedstar.com/careers/"><img src="http://izachy.com/adimages/jobs468.gif" border="0"></a></p>
    <p align="center"><a href="http://embeddedstar.tradepub.com/">Free Magazines</a> : : <a href="http://www.embeddedstar.com/careers/">Find a Job</a> : : <a href="http://izachy.com/">iZachy</a> : : <a href="http://daddyforever.com/">Daddy Forever</a> : : <a href="http://www.embeddedstar.com/">Embedded Star</a> : : <a href="http://edageek.com/">EDA Geek</a> : : <a href="http://edablog.com/">EDA Blog</a> : : <a href="http://fpgablog.com/">FPGA Blog</a><br />&copy; 2007 <a href="http://www.onlinedestiny.com/">Online Destiny Ltd</a> : : <a href="http://izachy.com">iZachy</a> is a trademark of Online Destiny Ltd</p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I Sold My Soul for Nothing</title>
		<link>http://izachy.com/2007/01/08/i-sold-my-soul-for-nothing/</link>
		<comments>http://izachy.com/2007/01/08/i-sold-my-soul-for-nothing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jan 2007 05:36:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Cheung</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pay Per Post]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reviews]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It has been almost three months since my first and only ReviewMe review. I was suppose to be paid $20, but I have not received a penny so far. What&#039;s the problem? Well, it appears there is a minimum payout &#8230; <a href="http://izachy.com/2007/01/08/i-sold-my-soul-for-nothing/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It has been almost three months since my first and only <a href="http://izachy.com/2006/11/10/selling-my-soul-to-reviewme/">ReviewMe</a> review. I was suppose to be paid $20, but I have not received a penny so far. What&#039;s the problem? Well, it appears there is a minimum payout of $25, which makes sense and is low compared to Adsense and YPN. However, I was not aware of this minimum when I signed on for a review of ReviewMe. Take a look at their FAQ:</p>
<div align="center"><img src="http://izachy.com/postimages/2007/reviewme-faq.gif" width="468" height="61" alt="ReviewMe faq" border="0"/></div>
<p>See, no mention of a minimum payout requirement amount. At the bottom of the &#034;Edit Your Account&#034; area, there is a mention of minimum for a check. I don&#039;t remember seeing that before. I don&#039;t know if it was there when I signed up or if it was added later. If it was there originally, I would have thought the minimum referred to checks. As you can see in the screenshot below, it&#039;s listed as &#034;Minimum <b>Check</b> Amount&#034; (my bold).</p>
<div align="center"><img src="http://izachy.com/postimages/2007/reviewme-min.gif" width="434" height="182" alt="ReviewMe check minimum" border="0"/></div>
<p>You can see why I (and probably other people) might think the minimum only applies to checks and not to Paypal. If I had known there was a minimum, I might have used one of my other sites for the review or not reviewed it at all. I certainly would not have mentioned I was being paid for the review, because I didn&#039;t actually get paid. Like I said earlier, I am fine with the minimum payout requirement. I just think ReviewMe should have been clearer about it.</p>
<p>I looked at ReviewMe&#039;s profile for my site and noticed a problem. The Alexa ranking has not changed since I joined. ReviewMe reports an Alexa ranking of 212,967 even though it&#039;s actually 160,188. I thought the data was suppose to be updated monthly. There are also problems with their Technoratic (n/a) and RSS (no star) data. My Technoratic ranking is actually 50,559 and I have 64 RSS subscribers (30-day average).</p>
<div align="center"><img src="http://izachy.com/postimages/2007/review-zach.gif" width="304" height="216" alt="iZachy.com profile on ReviewMe" border="0"/></div>
<p>Just for kicks, I re-added my other sites to see where they stand. My other four sites would now qualify for the $30 payout. I think this is quite interesting because this site (iZachy) is still stuck at $20 even though it ranks higher than <a href="http://edablog.com/">EDA Blog</a> and <a href="http://daddyforever.com/">Daddy Forever</a>.</p>
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<td>Site</td>
<td>Alexa</td>
<td>Technoratic</td>
<td>RSS Subscribers<br />(30-day average)</td>
<td>Payout</td>
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<td align="left">iZachy</td>
<td>160,188</td>
<td>50,559</td>
<td>64</td>
<td>$20</td>
</tr>
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<td align="left">Daddy Forever</td>
<td>188,753</td>
<td>80,693</td>
<td>49</td>
<td>$30</td>
</tr>
<tr align="right">
<td align="left">EDA Blog</td>
<td>217,059</td>
<td>415,396</td>
<td>76</td>
<td>$30</td>
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<p align="center"><a href="http://embeddedstar.tradepub.com/?pt=cat&#038;page=Media"><img src="http://izachy.com/adimages/cre468x60.gif" width="468" height="60" alt="free creative and multimedia magazines" border="0"/></a></p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.embeddedstar.com/careers/"><img src="http://izachy.com/adimages/jobs468.gif" border="0"></a></p>
    <p align="center"><a href="http://embeddedstar.tradepub.com/">Free Magazines</a> : : <a href="http://www.embeddedstar.com/careers/">Find a Job</a> : : <a href="http://izachy.com/">iZachy</a> : : <a href="http://daddyforever.com/">Daddy Forever</a> : : <a href="http://www.embeddedstar.com/">Embedded Star</a> : : <a href="http://edageek.com/">EDA Geek</a> : : <a href="http://edablog.com/">EDA Blog</a> : : <a href="http://fpgablog.com/">FPGA Blog</a><br />&copy; 2007 <a href="http://www.onlinedestiny.com/">Online Destiny Ltd</a> : : <a href="http://izachy.com">iZachy</a> is a trademark of Online Destiny Ltd</p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Selling My Soul to ReviewMe</title>
		<link>http://izachy.com/2006/11/10/selling-my-soul-to-reviewme/</link>
		<comments>http://izachy.com/2006/11/10/selling-my-soul-to-reviewme/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Nov 2006 09:14:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Cheung</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pay Per Post]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reviews]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[[Update: As of January 8, 2007, I still have not been paid for this review.] I&#039;ve sold my soul and signed up for ReviewMe, which is a program where advertisers pay bloggers for writing about them. This post will cost &#8230; <a href="http://izachy.com/2006/11/10/selling-my-soul-to-reviewme/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[<strong>Update</strong>: As of January 8, 2007, I still <a href="http://izachy.com/2007/01/08/i-sold-my-soul-for-nothing/">have not been paid</a> for this review.]</p>
<p>I&#039;ve sold my soul and signed up for <a href="http://www.reviewme.com/">ReviewMe</a>, which is a program where advertisers pay bloggers for writing about them. This post will cost the advertiser (ReviewMe in this case) $40; I get half of that amount (that would be $20 for those of you who are a little slow). The price is based on a web site&#039;s content, traffic, number of RSS subscribers, and link popularity. The rate is recalculated monthly. The pricing structure favors blogs over traditional web sites (more on this later).</p>
<p>Unlike another pay-per-post program, the ReviewMe program requires publishers to disclose they are being paid (such as <i>Sponsored Post</i>, <i>Paid Post</i>, or <i>The Advertiser Paid Me to Write This</i>). Your review needs to be at least 200 words, but you don&#039;t need to write a favorable review.</p>
<p>I have mixed feelings about pay-per-post programs. On one hand, I don&#039;t see a problem with it in general. After all, newspapers have special sections that promote companies and products. The special sections look just like the regular news section, but are actually written by the advertising department. Sometimes, newspapers even have ads that looks like news copy. Then there&#039;s the movies and TV shows where companies pay to have their products shown.</p>
<p>On the other hand, as a reader, I want to know if I&#039;m reading something an advertiser paid for. And I don&#039;t want to find out at the end of the post. I want to know at the beginning so I can decide if I want to read it or not. I took a look at two other paid reviews and I noticed both of them buried their sponsorship disclosure at the end of the posts. That annoys me as a reader. In my mind, these two sites have less credibility because they didn&#039;t disclose this information at the beginning of their post.</p>
<p>As I stated previously, I&#039;m not required to write a favorable review. However, that&#039;s not entirely true. Think about it. Do you think an advertiser will want to purchase a review from me after they read this review? I&#039;m not slamming ReviewMe, but I&#039;m not exactly writing a glowing review either. To be fair, I have to say I&#039;m not sure if a potential advertiser will see this review or any other reviews I may write in the future.</p>
<p>Earlier in this post, I mentioned that the pricing structure favors blogs (vs traditional web sites). Take a look at the table below and you will see what I mean. All the sites below are powered by WordPress, except for Embedded Star. Embedded Star is 99% static and 1% WordPress. Embedded Star has seven times the traffic of EDA Geek, yet the payout is $30 for EDA Geek but only $20 for Embedded Star. It looks like the Technorati rank is screwing up the pricing for Embedded Star. BTW, I&#039;m not actually accepting paid reviews for any other site except for this one. I just wanted to see what the rates would be.</p>
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<tr align="center">
<td width="100"><b>Site</b></td>
<td><b>Payout</b></td>
<td><b>Page Views (Oct)</b></td>
<td><b>RSS Feed</b></td>
<td><b>Alexa</b></td>
<td width="120"><b>Technorati</b></td>
</tr>
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<td align="left"><a href="http://izachy.com/">iZachy</a></td>
<td>$20</td>
<td>15,525</td>
<td>47</td>
<td>212,967</td>
<td>81,769</td>
</tr>
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<td align="left"><a href="http://daddyforever.com/">Daddy Forever</a></td>
<td>$20</td>
<td>18,578</td>
<td>30</td>
<td>277,641</td>
<td>97,877</td>
</tr>
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<td align="left"><a href="http://www.embeddedstar.com/">Embedded Star</a></td>
<td>$20</td>
<td>434,048</td>
<td>101</td>
<td>101,217</td>
<td>382,428 (static)<br />1,374,860 (blog)</td>
</tr>
<tr align="right">
<td align="left"><a href="http://edageek.com/">EDA Geek</a></td>
<td>$30</td>
<td>60,213</td>
<td>88</td>
<td>153,370</td>
<td>266,131</td>
</tr>
<tr align="right">
<td align="left"><a href="http://edablog.com/">EDA Blog</a></td>
<td>$20</td>
<td>16,383</td>
<td>52</td>
<td>265,031</td>
<td>382,428</td>
</tr>
</table>
<p><a href="http://embeddedstar.tradepub.com/?pt=cat&#038;page=Media"><img src="http://izachy.com/adimages/cre468x60.gif" width="468" height="60" alt="free creative and multimedia magazines" border="0"/></a></p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.embeddedstar.com/careers/"><img src="http://izachy.com/adimages/jobs468.gif" border="0"></a></p>
    <p align="center"><a href="http://embeddedstar.tradepub.com/">Free Magazines</a> : : <a href="http://www.embeddedstar.com/careers/">Find a Job</a> : : <a href="http://izachy.com/">iZachy</a> : : <a href="http://daddyforever.com/">Daddy Forever</a> : : <a href="http://www.embeddedstar.com/">Embedded Star</a> : : <a href="http://edageek.com/">EDA Geek</a> : : <a href="http://edablog.com/">EDA Blog</a> : : <a href="http://fpgablog.com/">FPGA Blog</a><br />&copy; 2006 <a href="http://www.onlinedestiny.com/">Online Destiny Ltd</a> : : <a href="http://izachy.com">iZachy</a> is a trademark of Online Destiny Ltd</p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>CareerBuilder Affiliate Program</title>
		<link>http://izachy.com/2006/11/03/careerbuilder/</link>
		<comments>http://izachy.com/2006/11/03/careerbuilder/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Nov 2006 08:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Cheung</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Reviews]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://izachy.com/2006/11/03/careerbuilder/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#039;ve been testing the CareerBuilder affiliate program for several months now. For those of you who don&#039;t know, CareerBuilder is a job hunting site. As an affiliate you can earn money in five ways: 1. Applications to Job Postings You &#8230; <a href="http://izachy.com/2006/11/03/careerbuilder/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#039;ve been testing the CareerBuilder affiliate program for several months now. For those of you who don&#039;t know, CareerBuilder is a job hunting site. As an affiliate you can earn money in five ways:</p>
<blockquote>
<p><b>1. Applications to Job Postings</b><br />
You will be compensated $0.50 for every application that a job seeker sends an employer for a specific job posting. Job seekers can apply online or via email. These two apply options are listed on every job description on CareerBuilder.com. Job seekers can apply to as many jobs as they like, and you will be paid for the total applications received. Applying to jobs is free for the job seeker.</p>
<p><b>2. Job Posting</b><br />
You will be compensated 13% for every single online job posting that is purchased and posted on CareerBuilder.com through the online form.</p>
<p><b>3. Resume Direct</b><br />
Earn $10 for each ResumeDirect purchase. ResumeDirect enables job seekers to send their resumes to targeted recruiters across the country.</p>
<p><b>4. Stellar Resume</b><br />
Earn $20 for each Stellar Resume purchase. With Stellar Resume job seekers can have their resume professionally written.</p>
<p><del datetime="2006-11-03T20:44:29+00:00"><b>5. Running Your Own Ads</b><br />
You can run Adsense or other ads with CareerBuilder content. You get to keep all revenue generated from your own ads.p><br />
</del></p>
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<p>[<b>Update</b>: CareerBuilder has two affiliate programs. The first one is as stated above without the ability to run your own ads (#5 above). The second one is a cobranding partnership, which is the one I am on. Other than the option to run Adsense ads and have the content appear to be part of your site, I'm not sure what the differences are between the two programs. My contract is on a back-up CD somewhere. As far as I know, the cobranding program is by invitation only.]</p>
<p>I signed up for the program because I get a lot of resumes each week. I don&#039;t have any openings so I direct job seekers to <a href="http://www.embeddedstar.com/careers/">my careers section</a>, which is powered by CareerBuilder. I figure I could make money on people looking for a job. That has not been the case. The main reason is because I don&#039;t promote my jobs section. I&#039;ve noticed from my Adsense channel that the ads have a low click-through rate and the pay per click is very low. As a result, I only link to my jobs section in the form of an alternate ad when Google has no ads to show on my main site.</p>
<p><a href="http://embeddedstar.tradepub.com/"><img src="http://izachy.com/adimages/tradepub1.gif" width="468" height="60" alt="free business magazines" border="0"/></a></p>
<p>If I spend more time on this program, I could earn more. I just don&#039;t have enough time and the program isn&#039;t high on my todo list. But if you are looking for another revenue stream, check out the <a href="http://www.careerbuilder.com/share/AboutUs/affiliate_program.htm">CareerBuilder affiliate program</a>.</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.embeddedstar.com/careers/"><img src="http://izachy.com/adimages/jobs468.gif" border="0"></a></p>
    <p align="center"><a href="http://embeddedstar.tradepub.com/">Free Magazines</a> : : <a href="http://www.embeddedstar.com/careers/">Find a Job</a> : : <a href="http://izachy.com/">iZachy</a> : : <a href="http://daddyforever.com/">Daddy Forever</a> : : <a href="http://www.embeddedstar.com/">Embedded Star</a> : : <a href="http://edageek.com/">EDA Geek</a> : : <a href="http://edablog.com/">EDA Blog</a> : : <a href="http://fpgablog.com/">FPGA Blog</a><br />&copy; 2006 <a href="http://www.onlinedestiny.com/">Online Destiny Ltd</a> : : <a href="http://izachy.com">iZachy</a> is a trademark of Online Destiny Ltd</p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Better Feed WordPress Plugin</title>
		<link>http://izachy.com/2006/10/26/better-feed-wordpress-plugin/</link>
		<comments>http://izachy.com/2006/10/26/better-feed-wordpress-plugin/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Oct 2006 23:04:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Cheung</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WordPress]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Hey, check out the Better Feed WordPress plugin. Better Feed gives you the ability to add extra stuff in your feed. For instance, the footer below appears at the bottom of each post in my feed. You won&#039;t see this &#8230; <a href="http://izachy.com/2006/10/26/better-feed-wordpress-plugin/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey, check out the Better Feed WordPress plugin. Better Feed gives you the ability to add extra stuff in your feed. For instance, the footer below appears at the bottom of each post in my feed. You won&#039;t see this footer on my blog, but you should be able to see it if you are reading this post from a RSS reader.</p>
<div align="center"><img src="http://izachy.com/postimages/betterfeed.gif" width="468" height="83" alt="Better Feed WordPress plugin" border="0"/></div>
<p>Yes, I know you can already insert links with <a href="http://izachy.com/2006/09/29/feedflare-rss-text-ads/">FeedFlares</a>. The difference is that FeedFlares are actually images that link to FeedBurner before they are redirected to your URL. Better Feed links are text links that point directly to your site. So if your site is syndicated elsewhere, you will have real links pointing to your site. Links that can pass PageRank juice to your site.</p>
<p>With this plugin, I can also insert images (ad banners) in my feed. I was even able to get <a href="http://izachy.com/2006/09/16/phadsnew/">phpAdsNew ad server</a> to serve ads into my feed. I could see two different ad banners in my FeedBurner feed (the one at: feeds.feedburner.com/myfeed). However, the ads are implemented via Javascript, which don&#039;t seem to work in RSS readers like Bloglines, Google RSS Reader, and Newsgator.</p>
<p>I love the plugin, but if you don&#039;t like playing with HTML code, the plugin isn&#039;t for you. There is no admin interface. You have to edit the plugin file itself. It isn&#039;t hard. For instance, I added the HTML code below to the plugin file for my RSS feed footer:</p>
<p><code><br />
&lt;hr noshade style="margin:0;height:1px" /&gt;<br />
&lt;p align="center"&gt;Permalink: &lt;a href="http://izachy.com/2006/10/26/better-feed-wordpress-plugin/"&gt;Better Feed WordPress Plugin&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Links:&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;a href="http://izachy.com/"&gt;iZachy&lt;/a&gt; : : &lt;a href="http://daddyforever.com/"&gt;Daddy Forever&lt;/a&gt; : : &lt;a href="http://www.embeddedstar.com/"&gt;Embedded Star&lt;/a&gt; : : &lt;a href="http://edageek.com/"&gt;EDA Geek&lt;/a&gt; : : &lt;a href="http://edablog.com/"&gt;EDA Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&copy; 2006 Online Destiny Ltd : : &lt;a href="http://izachy.com"&gt;iZachy&lt;/a&gt; is a trademark of Online Destiny&lt;/p&gt;<br />
</code></p>
<div align="center"><a href="http://embeddedstar.tradepub.com/?pt=cat&#038;page=Media"><img src="http://izachy.com/adimages/cre468x60.gif" width="468" height="60" alt="free creative and multimedia magazines" border="0"/></a></div>
<p>Go to the <a href="http://frenchfragfactory.net/ozh/my-projects/wordpress-plugin-better-feed-rss/">Better Feed WordPress plugin</a> page for more info.</p>
<p>[<b>Update</b>: The extra stuff you insert into the feed will not be displayed unless you are using full feed. However, you can limit how much of your post is displayed in the feed via the &lt;!–more–&gt; quicktag.]</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.embeddedstar.com/careers/"><img src="http://izachy.com/adimages/jobs468.gif" border="0"></a></p>
    <p align="center"><a href="http://embeddedstar.tradepub.com/">Free Magazines</a> : : <a href="http://www.embeddedstar.com/careers/">Find a Job</a> : : <a href="http://izachy.com/">iZachy</a> : : <a href="http://daddyforever.com/">Daddy Forever</a> : : <a href="http://www.embeddedstar.com/">Embedded Star</a> : : <a href="http://edageek.com/">EDA Geek</a> : : <a href="http://edablog.com/">EDA Blog</a> : : <a href="http://fpgablog.com/">FPGA Blog</a><br />&copy; 2006 <a href="http://www.onlinedestiny.com/">Online Destiny Ltd</a> : : <a href="http://izachy.com">iZachy</a> is a trademark of Online Destiny Ltd</p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Searchfeed Affiliate Program</title>
		<link>http://izachy.com/2006/10/23/searchfeed-affiliate-program/</link>
		<comments>http://izachy.com/2006/10/23/searchfeed-affiliate-program/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Oct 2006 23:49:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Cheung</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Reviews]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A couple of weeks ago, Searchfeed.com invited me to try out their affiliate program. They wanted me to use their program on my main site. In the past, I would have tried it on my main site. But I have &#8230; <a href="http://izachy.com/2006/10/23/searchfeed-affiliate-program/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A couple of weeks ago, Searchfeed.com invited me to try out their affiliate program. They wanted me to use their program on my main site. In the past, I would have tried it on my main site. But I have yet to find an affiliate program that performs better than Adsense. Since I have a very limited amount of ad space on my site, I don&#039;t want to waste it for testing purposes. That&#039;s what this site is for.</p>
<p>Here&#039;s an example of a Searchfeed dynamic feed ad unit:</p>
<p><img src="http://izachy.com/postimages/searchfeed.gif" width="468" height="241" alt="Searchfeed ad" border="0" class="centered"/></p>
<p>Searchfeed has six programs for generating revenue:</p>
<ul>
<li>Search &#8211; works just like Google search, except all the results are ppc ads</li>
<li>Dynamic feed &#8211; ppc ads based on keywords you select (see graphics above)</li>
<li>Category chaser &#8211; works just like an Adsense link unit, but you get to specify the keywords</li>
<li>404 error page &#8211; Adsense doesn&#039;t allow you to put ads on 404 error pages, but Searchfeed encourages it</li>
<li>Advertiser referral &#8211; you earn 5% to 7% depending on traffic</li>
<li>Web publisher referral &#8211; you earn 2% to 5% depending on traffic</li>
</ul>
<p><a href="http://embeddedstar.tradepub.com/free/irm/"><img src="http://izachy.com/adimages/tp-etailer.gif" width="468" height="60" alt="free Internet Retailer" border="0"/></a></p>
<p>What I like about Searchfeed:</p>
<ul>
<li>You can make money on 404 error pages</li>
<li>You can make the ads look just like your content</li>
<li>It&#039;s non-contextual so you can still run Adsense ads</li>
<li>Few restrictions on ad placement</li>
<li>Only need to earn $25 before they can issue you a check</li>
</ul>
<p>What I don&#039;t like about Searchfeed:</p>
<ul>
<li>35-50% revenue split (depends on traffic) &mdash; most programs offer 50-70% split</li>
<li>No tracking channels</li>
<li>They don&#039;t give impressions numbers in their stats</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Conclusions</b><br />
The ad blending with the content is nice, but you have to be careful with this. If one of your goal is credibility, then blending the ads with your content will most likely hurt your credibility. On the other hand, if you make the ads look like ads, it will lower your click-throughs.</p>
<p>I only tested the dynamic feed ads and the results were not impressive for me. In addition, Searchfeed only had one advertiser for three keywords I would use for my main site. Keep in mind that my main site is essentially a niche within a niche. It&#039;s very specialized and advertisers probably would not use Searchfeed to reach my audience. If your site is more main stream, your results will most likely be different.</p>
<p>I can see Searchfeed being very useful if you don&#039;t have a lot of content. For instance, if your domain is a misspelling of another domain, you could capitalize on it by using Searchfeed as your content. You could also use Searchfeed on a new site or a low performing one. Remember, with Adsense, a poor performing site will affect your well performing sites. I can also see their 404 program being handy if you purchased a domain that no longer has content.</p>
<p>Here&#039;s their <a href="http://www.searchfeed.com">URL</a> if you want to check out Searchfeed for yourself.</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.embeddedstar.com/careers/"><img src="http://izachy.com/adimages/jobs468.gif" border="0"></a></p>
    <p align="center"><a href="http://embeddedstar.tradepub.com/">Free Magazines</a> : : <a href="http://www.embeddedstar.com/careers/">Find a Job</a> : : <a href="http://izachy.com/">iZachy</a> : : <a href="http://daddyforever.com/">Daddy Forever</a> : : <a href="http://www.embeddedstar.com/">Embedded Star</a> : : <a href="http://edageek.com/">EDA Geek</a> : : <a href="http://edablog.com/">EDA Blog</a> : : <a href="http://fpgablog.com/">FPGA Blog</a><br />&copy; 2006 <a href="http://www.onlinedestiny.com/">Online Destiny Ltd</a> : : <a href="http://izachy.com">iZachy</a> is a trademark of Online Destiny Ltd</p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Make Money with Free Magazines</title>
		<link>http://izachy.com/2006/10/18/tradepub/</link>
		<comments>http://izachy.com/2006/10/18/tradepub/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Oct 2006 22:59:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Cheung</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Reviews]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#039;ve been a member of the TradePub partner program for several years now. I thought it&#039;s about time for me to share my thoughts on the program. Let me begin by telling you that TradePub offers free trade publication subscriptions &#8230; <a href="http://izachy.com/2006/10/18/tradepub/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#039;ve been a member of the <a href="http://www.tradepub.com/g0002/">TradePub partner program</a> for several years now. I thought it&#039;s about time for me to share my thoughts on the program. Let me begin by telling you that TradePub offers free trade publication subscriptions to your readers. You get pay for each qualified subscription. How can you go wrong with that? Your readers get free magazines and you get paid for it!</p>
<p>Here&#039;s the catch. The magazines are very specialized (ie &#8211; engineering, pharmaceuticals, information technology, etc). Go to my <a href="http://embeddedstar.tradepub.com/">free magazines site</a> to see for yourself. The magazines doesn&#039;t have mass appeal and you have to have the right web audience to make this work. In addition, I should stress that you only get paid for qualified subscriptions. Each magazine publisher has their own qualification criteria. For instance, if you groom dogs for a living, you will not qualify for a free engineering journal. Based on my experience, about half of the people who apply for a free magazine are rejected.</p>
<p>I&#039;m not sure if I am allow to say how much the payout is, so I will speak in generality. Each subscription pays better than what most people earn for an Adsense click. However, it&#039;s less than the commission for a typical Amazon book purchased from your site. Partners are paid monthly, but there&#039;s a two month lag. One month to audit (like I said before, about 50% are rejected) and another month before they send the check. I think you need to accumulate at least $50 before they issue you a check. I don&#039;t earn a lot from this program, but every little bit helps. Here are some more pro&#039;s and con&#039;s about the TradePub partner program.</p>
<p><a href="http://embeddedstar.tradepub.com/?pt=cat&#038;page=Media"><img src="http://izachy.com/adimages/cre468x60.gif" width="468" height="60" alt="free creative and multimedia magazines" border="0"/></a></p>
<p><strong>Pro&#039;s</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>The ads are not contextual so there&#039;s no conflict with Adsense and YPN</li>
<li>You get to give your readers something useful for free</li>
<li>TradePub does not have any restrictions on ad placement</li>
<li>TradePub ads are great for Adsense alternative ads (instead of PSA ads)</li>
<li>There are a lot of banners to choose from (the ad above is one of their banners)</li>
</ul>
<p>[<strong>Update</strong>: TradePub now offers real-time stats]</p>
<p><strong>Con&#039;s</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Hosted off of your site</li>
<li>No tracking channels</li>
<li><del datetime="2006-11-03T07:36:36+00:00">No real-time stats (you get weekly email updates and a monthly audit report)</del></li>
<li>No referral program</li>
<li>You&#039;re competing with TradePub once readers apply for a free magazine</li>
<li>You have to code the links yourself (can be simple)</li>
</ul>
<p>[<strong>Update</strong>: Today, I noticed FeedBruner is running TradePub ads in ProBlogger's feed.]</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.embeddedstar.com/careers/"><img src="http://izachy.com/adimages/jobs468.gif" border="0"></a></p>
    <p align="center"><a href="http://embeddedstar.tradepub.com/">Free Magazines</a> : : <a href="http://www.embeddedstar.com/careers/">Find a Job</a> : : <a href="http://izachy.com/">iZachy</a> : : <a href="http://daddyforever.com/">Daddy Forever</a> : : <a href="http://www.embeddedstar.com/">Embedded Star</a> : : <a href="http://edageek.com/">EDA Geek</a> : : <a href="http://edablog.com/">EDA Blog</a> : : <a href="http://fpgablog.com/">FPGA Blog</a><br />&copy; 2006 <a href="http://www.onlinedestiny.com/">Online Destiny Ltd</a> : : <a href="http://izachy.com">iZachy</a> is a trademark of Online Destiny Ltd</p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Similar Posts WordPress Plugin</title>
		<link>http://izachy.com/2006/10/16/similar-posts-wordpress-plugin/</link>
		<comments>http://izachy.com/2006/10/16/similar-posts-wordpress-plugin/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Oct 2006 03:26:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Cheung</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WordPress]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you are a fan of the Related Posts plugin, then I think you will like the Similar Posts WordPress plugin. The Similar Posts plugin is based on the Related Posts plugin, but with extra functionality. Rob Marsh, the developer, &#8230; <a href="http://izachy.com/2006/10/16/similar-posts-wordpress-plugin/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you are a fan of the Related Posts plugin, then I think you will like the <a href="http://rmarsh.com/2006/10/04/similar-posts/">Similar Posts WordPress plugin</a>. The Similar Posts plugin is based on the Related Posts plugin, but with extra functionality. Rob Marsh, the developer, even used a couple of my ideas (excluding <a href="http://izachy.com/2006/09/03/excluding-categories-from-the-related-posts-plugin/">categories</a> and <a href="http://izachy.com/2006/06/26/related-posts-showing-unrelated-pages/">unrelated pages</a>) in his plugin.</p>
<p>But Rob didn&#039;t just stop there, he improved my hacks by placing the &#034;exclude pages and categories&#034; options in the admin menu. No more messing with the code. I was actually planning on doing the same thing, just not sure when. Now I don&#039;t have to write my own plugin. Rob already did it.</p>
<p>Another nice feature of the Similar Posts plugin is that you can tweak the similar keywords for each post when you are writing the post. This gives you the ability to fine-tune the keywords to your liking. In addition, if you have previously used the Related Posts plugin to assign keywords to posts you can now import them all from the Options page. I didn&#039;t even know you could assign keywords with the Related Posts plugin.</p>
<p>Here&#039;s my little comparison of the two:</p>
<table border="1" align="center">
<tr align="center">
<td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
<td><b>Related Posts</b></td>
<td><b>Similar Posts</b></td>
</tr>
<tr align="center">
<td align="left">Can set the number of posts to show</td>
<td>yes</td>
<td>yes</td>
</tr>
<tr align="center">
<td align="left">Customize before/after post</td>
<td>yes</td>
<td>yes</td>
</tr>
<tr align="center">
<td align="left">Show excerpt</td>
<td>yes</td>
<td>yes</td>
</tr>
<tr align="center">
<td align="left">Customize before/after excerpt</td>
<td>yes</td>
<td>yes</td>
</tr>
<tr align="center">
<td align="left">Show password protected posts</td>
<td>yes</td>
<td>yes</td>
</tr>
<tr align="center">
<td align="left">Exclude static pages</td>
<td>no</td>
<td>yes</td>
</tr>
<tr align="center">
<td align="left">Exclude certain categories</td>
<td>no</td>
<td>yes</td>
</tr>
<tr align="center">
<td align="left">Checks title for match</td>
<td>yes</td>
<td>yes</td>
</tr>
<tr align="center">
<td align="left">Checks content for match</td>
<td>no</td>
<td>yes</td>
</tr>
</table>
<p>The plugin is great, but I would suggest changing the &#034;no similar posts&#034; result when there&#039;s no related posts. Instead, it would be nice if the plugin could display a set of user-defined posts when the <a href="http://izachy.com/2006/09/18/no-related-posts/">plugin can&#039;t find a related post</a>. I have not seen &#034;no related posts&#034; on my site recently, but it will eventually show up again when I write an oddball post.</p>
<p><a href="http://embeddedstar.tradepub.com/?pt=cat&#038;page=Comp"><img src="http://izachy.com/adimages/tradepub2.gif" width="468" height="60" alt="free computer magazines" border="0"/></a></p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.embeddedstar.com/careers/"><img src="http://izachy.com/adimages/jobs468.gif" border="0"></a></p>
    <p align="center"><a href="http://embeddedstar.tradepub.com/">Free Magazines</a> : : <a href="http://www.embeddedstar.com/careers/">Find a Job</a> : : <a href="http://izachy.com/">iZachy</a> : : <a href="http://daddyforever.com/">Daddy Forever</a> : : <a href="http://www.embeddedstar.com/">Embedded Star</a> : : <a href="http://edageek.com/">EDA Geek</a> : : <a href="http://edablog.com/">EDA Blog</a> : : <a href="http://fpgablog.com/">FPGA Blog</a><br />&copy; 2006 <a href="http://www.onlinedestiny.com/">Online Destiny Ltd</a> : : <a href="http://izachy.com">iZachy</a> is a trademark of Online Destiny Ltd</p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Audio Player WordPress Plugin</title>
		<link>http://izachy.com/2006/10/09/audio-player-wordpress-plugin/</link>
		<comments>http://izachy.com/2006/10/09/audio-player-wordpress-plugin/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Oct 2006 21:20:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Cheung</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WordPress]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last week was not a good week for me. Many times when I tried to save a post, I would get a server error message. The ISP eventually fixed the problem, but it was a very frustrating experience and resulted &#8230; <a href="http://izachy.com/2006/10/09/audio-player-wordpress-plugin/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Last week was not a good week for me. Many times when I tried to save a post, I would get a server error message. The ISP eventually fixed the problem, but it was a very frustrating experience and resulted in a very unproductive week (I have six sites hosted with them and they were all having the same problem). However, I did find a <a href="http://www.1pixelout.net/code/audio-player-wordpress-plugin/">mp3 player plugin for WordPress</a>. It works really nice. This is how the player looks like (feel free to click on the play arrow):</p>
<p>[plugin has been disabled]<br />
(<a href="http://daddyforever.com/2006/10/06/reason-i-am-living/">lyrics here</a>)</p>
<p>You can customize the colors of the player, pre/post appended clips (ie &#8211; &#034;a word from our sponsor&#034;), and configure it for podcasting. There are also options to determine what is included in the RSS feed. The plugin isn&#039;t suppose to place a player instance in the feed. Instead, you are suppose to choose what the plugin inserts into the feed. However, I noticed that even though the plugin defaults to &#034;nothing&#034; (meaning the feed shouldn&#039;t contain any reference to the audio file), there&#039;s a working player in both Bloglines and the new Google Reader. In Newsgator, there&#039;s no player but it does show a link to the mp3 file at the bottom of the post. Google Reader also has a link to the mp3 file. I like having the player in the feed, I&#039;m just not sure how that is happening.</p>
<p>I did encounter two problems during the installation. First, after extracting the plugin, there&#039;s an audio-player folder and a file (audio-player.php) that sits outside of the audio-player folder. The first time I tried installing the plugin, I didn&#039;t see the file outside of the audio-player folder so I didn&#039;t ftp it over to the plugin directory. So, if you don&#039;t see the audio player in your plugin menu, you need to ftp &#034;audio-player.php&#034; to your plugin directory.</p>
<p>The second problem had to do with the code syntax (I left out the brackets):</p>
<blockquote><p>audio:reasonforliving.mp3</p></blockquote>
<p>Even though the mp3 file is located in the default &#034;audio&#034; directory, the file would not play. However, when I used the URL instead, the file plays (I left out the brackets):</p>
<blockquote><p>audio:http://izachy.com/audio/reasonforliving.mp3</p></blockquote>
<p>I&#039;m happy with the plugin and would recommend it to anyone who wants to embed some audio files into their posts.</p>
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		<title>Feedvertising vs phpAdsNew Ad Server</title>
		<link>http://izachy.com/2006/09/27/feedvertising-phpadsnew-ad-server/</link>
		<comments>http://izachy.com/2006/09/27/feedvertising-phpadsnew-ad-server/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Sep 2006 21:47:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Cheung</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[TLA rolled out their new Feedvertising service today. Feedvertising enables publishers to run text link ads in their RSS feed. Feedvertising can display ads from TLA, publishers&#039; in-house ads, or affiliate links. They even have a WordPress 2.0 plugin to &#8230; <a href="http://izachy.com/2006/09/27/feedvertising-phpadsnew-ad-server/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>TLA rolled out their new <a href="http://www.text-link-ads.com/feedvertising/">Feedvertising</a> service today. Feedvertising enables publishers to run text link ads in their RSS feed. Feedvertising can display ads from TLA, publishers&#039; in-house ads, or affiliate links. They even have a WordPress 2.0 plugin to make setup relatively easy. An extra bonus is that TLA can even sell RSS text link ads for you. Which is great because Google RSS ads are still in beta (the last I heard) and Yahoo RSS ads don&#039;t seem to work with WordPress/FeedBurner-powered sites.</p>
<p>Read <a href="http://izachy.com/2006/09/27/feedvertising-phpadsnew-ad-server/">Feedvertising vs phpAdsNew Ad Server</a> (389 words)</p>
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		<title>phAdsNew Ad Server Review</title>
		<link>http://izachy.com/2006/09/16/phadsnew/</link>
		<comments>http://izachy.com/2006/09/16/phadsnew/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Sep 2006 17:42:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Cheung</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, I installed phpAdsNew, which is an open-source ad server. The ad server is free and is easy to install. OK, it was easy to install for me because my web hosting provider uses Fantastico, which makes installation of various &#8230; <a href="http://izachy.com/2006/09/16/phadsnew/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yesterday, I installed phpAdsNew, which is an open-source ad server. The ad server is free and is easy to install. OK, it was easy to install for me because my web hosting provider uses Fantastico, which makes installation of various programs easy. Installation is as simple as clicking on a link.</p>
<p>The ads on the right and the ads in the left column are served by phpAdsNew. The server randomly displays ads from Google and Yahoo in the left column and Amazon ads to the right of the content. Like Adsense and YPN, all you have to do is copy and paste a few lines of code. However, if all you want to do is rotate Google and Yahoo ads, then phpAdsNew is over-kill. You can get by with a simple Javascript/php script or a simple ad rotator plugin. However, phpAdsNew does more than just rotate ads, it&#039;s a full blown ad server with a bunch of bells and whistles. With phpAdsNew, you have the option of serving ads that you sell yourself.</p>
<p>Read <a href="http://izachy.com/2006/09/16/phadsnew/">phAdsNew Ad Server Review</a> (493 words)</p>
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		<title>How to Fix Landing Sites Plugin</title>
		<link>http://izachy.com/2006/07/18/fix-landing-sites-plugin/</link>
		<comments>http://izachy.com/2006/07/18/fix-landing-sites-plugin/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jul 2006 23:10:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Cheung</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I finally got around to testing the Landing Sites plugin for WordPress. Don&#039;t let the name fool you. The plugin does not create or direct visitors to a landing page. Instead, the plugin displays related links when visitors come to &#8230; <a href="http://izachy.com/2006/07/18/fix-landing-sites-plugin/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I finally got around to testing the <a href="http://theundersigned.net/2006/06/landing-sites-11">Landing Sites</a> plugin for WordPress.</p>
<p>Don&#039;t let the name fool you. The plugin does not create or direct visitors to a landing page. Instead, the plugin displays related links when visitors come to your site via a search engine. The idea is that when visitors are referred to your site from a search engine, they are looking for something specific &#8211; often they quickly check the page they land on and then leave if what they are looking for isn&#039;t there. This plugin creates additional links for your search engine visitors to increase the stickiness of your site.</p>
<p>Read <a href="http://izachy.com/2006/07/18/fix-landing-sites-plugin/">How to Fix Landing Sites Plugin</a> (551 words)</p>
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		<title>SEO Title Tag WordPress Plugin</title>
		<link>http://izachy.com/2006/07/17/seo-title-tag-wordpress-plugin/</link>
		<comments>http://izachy.com/2006/07/17/seo-title-tag-wordpress-plugin/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jul 2006 21:45:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Cheung</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stephan Spencer, of Netconcepts (SEO web agency), created a WordPress plugin called &#034;SEO Title Tag.&#034; The plugin allows you create search engine optimized titles for WordPress blogs. The features of the plugin are: Allows you to override a page&#039;s or &#8230; <a href="http://izachy.com/2006/07/17/seo-title-tag-wordpress-plugin/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Stephan Spencer, of Netconcepts (SEO web agency), created a WordPress plugin called &#034;<a href="http://www.naturalsearchblog.com/archives/2006/07/14/new-wordpress-plugin-for-seo/">SEO Title Tag</a>.&#034; The plugin allows you create search engine optimized titles for WordPress blogs. The features of the plugin are:</p>
<ul>
<li>Allows you to override a page&#039;s or a post&#039;s title tag with a custom one defined through a custom field (title_tag).</li>
<li>Allows you to define a custom home page title via the WordPress admin menu.</li>
<li>Reverses the order of the blog name and the title (giving more keyword prominence to the title instead of the blog name). You can also omit the blog name or to replace it with a shorter nickname.</li>
<li>For users of the UltimateTagWarrior plugin, the plugin adds the names of tags into the title on pages that have been tagged.</li>
<li>Uses a category&#039;s description as the title tag on category pages.</li>
</ul>
<p>Even though the primary purpose of the plugin is to create search engine optimized titles, the plugin doesn&#039;t actually do this for you automatically. You still have to manually create your own search engine optimized titles for your posts. So, if you have to create your own search engine optimized titles, why do you need this plugin? In most cases, you can use the title of the post as the title of your page. In these cases, you do not need the plugin. However, if you create post titles that grabs readers&#039; attention, but the titles do not translate to good SEO, then you can use this plugin to substitute a more search engine optimized title for the page.</p>
<p>After playing around with the plugin, I have a couple of suggestions:</p>
<ul>
<li><b>Automated Install</b><br />
The plugin is easy to activate. However, for people who are not conformable with editing code, having them manually replace the existing title code in the header with the new code might be a little dangerous. My guess is most people will not have a problem, but there will be a few people who will either delete too much of the header or not enough. I have never created a plugin so I don&#039;t know if this is even doable, but a more automated process would be desirable.</li>
<li><b>Option to Disable Category Description as Titles</b><br />
The plugin uses category descriptions as titles for categories. However, some bloggers (like me) are already using plugins for the META description in the header. These plugins generally use the category descriptions as the description for the post. Since I don&#039;t want to use the category description for both the title and description of the category, I would like the option of disabling this feature in the SEO Title Tag plugin.</li>
</ul>
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		<title>Keyword Difficulty Tool</title>
		<link>http://izachy.com/2006/07/12/keyword-difficulty-tool/</link>
		<comments>http://izachy.com/2006/07/12/keyword-difficulty-tool/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jul 2006 22:13:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Cheung</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As mentioned in my Page Strength post, SEOmoz has a Keyword Difficulty tool. The tool is used to analyze the competitive landscape of a particular search term or phrase, this tool issues a percentage score and provides a detailed analysis &#8230; <a href="http://izachy.com/2006/07/12/keyword-difficulty-tool/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As mentioned in my <a href="/2006/07/12/page-strength/">Page Strength</a> post, SEOmoz has a <a href="http://www.seomoz.org/tools/kwtool.php">Keyword Difficulty</a> tool. The tool is used to analyze the competitive landscape of a particular search term or phrase, this tool issues a percentage score and provides a detailed analysis of the top ranking sites at Google and Yahoo.</p>
<p>There&#039;s a couple of manual steps involved and you have to register to use the free tool. You also need a Google API key (free) to use the tool. The tool takes a while to run so you are better off just having the results emailed to you. Other than the long wait, I like the tool and found it useful.</p>
<p>The Keyword Difficulty tool gives you a ranking for how competitive your keyword is, the factors involved, and the top ten results on Google and Yahoo. Then the tool gives you data on the sites that ranked in the top ten for your keyword in Google and Yahoo (ie &#8211; links to the site, Alexa ranking, mentions in Google news, pagerank, etc).</p>
<p>I have two suggestions for improving the tool. First, it would be nice to be able to click on a link to see where competitors are linked from. Second, it would also be useful to have your own site listed so you can compare the results of your competitors with your own site.</p>
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		<title>Squeet Email Review</title>
		<link>http://izachy.com/2006/06/09/squeet-email-review/</link>
		<comments>http://izachy.com/2006/06/09/squeet-email-review/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jun 2006 07:05:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Cheung</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is my fourth in a series of reviews on email broadcasting service. This will be last email review for a while. Today&#039;s focus is Squeet. Like the other three services reviewed so far, Squeet is a free web-hosted service. &#8230; <a href="http://izachy.com/2006/06/09/squeet-email-review/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is my fourth in a series of reviews on email broadcasting service. This will be last email review for a while. Today&#039;s focus is <a href="http://www.squeet.com/">Squeet</a>. Like the other three services reviewed so far, Squeet is a free web-hosted service. The main difference is that Squeet gives most of the control to subscribers instead of to publishers. Subscribers can set the delivery frequency, delivery time, and delivery day.</p>
<p>Read <a href="http://izachy.com/2006/06/09/squeet-email-review/">Squeet Email Review</a> (938 words)</p>
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		<title>FeedBlitz Email Review</title>
		<link>http://izachy.com/2006/06/08/feedblitz-email-review/</link>
		<comments>http://izachy.com/2006/06/08/feedblitz-email-review/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jun 2006 07:07:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Cheung</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I am reviewing FeedBlitz. This is my third in a series of reviews on email broadcasting services. FeedBlitz is yet another free web-hosted email broadcasting service. It offers more features than FeedBurner, but fewer features than Zookoda (unless you &#8230; <a href="http://izachy.com/2006/06/08/feedblitz-email-review/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Today I am reviewing <a href="http://www.feedblitz.com/">FeedBlitz</a>. This is my third in a series of reviews on email broadcasting services. FeedBlitz is yet another free web-hosted email broadcasting service. It offers more features than <a href="http://izachy.com/2006/06/07/feedburner-email-review/">FeedBurner</a>, but fewer features than <a href="http://izachy.com/2006/06/06/zookoda-email-review/">Zookoda</a> (unless you want to upgrade and part with some money). Of the three services I tested so far, FeedBlitz appears to be the most reliable (<a href="/2006/06/12/i-did-not-get-your-newsletter/">more about this in this post</a>).</p>
<p>Read <a href="http://izachy.com/2006/06/08/feedblitz-email-review/">FeedBlitz Email Review</a> (993 words)</p>
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		<title>FeedBurner Email Review</title>
		<link>http://izachy.com/2006/06/07/feedburner-email-review/</link>
		<comments>http://izachy.com/2006/06/07/feedburner-email-review/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jun 2006 21:48:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Cheung</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a second in a series of reviews on email broadcasting services. Today I am reviewing FeedBurner Email. Like Zookoda, FeedBurner is a free, web-hosted solution. In my test drive, I found FeedBurner was easy to setup. This was &#8230; <a href="http://izachy.com/2006/06/07/feedburner-email-review/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is a second in a series of reviews on email broadcasting services. Today I am reviewing <a href="http://blogs.feedburner.com/feedburner/archives/001793.html">FeedBurner Email</a>. Like <a href="http://izachy.com/2006/06/06/zookoda-email-review/">Zookoda</a>, FeedBurner is a free, web-hosted solution. In my test drive, I found FeedBurner was easy to setup. This was because the only option you can change is the from address for the newsletters. After that, all you have to do is copy and paste the subscription form code to your site.</p>
<p>Read <a href="http://izachy.com/2006/06/07/feedburner-email-review/">FeedBurner Email Review</a> (450 words)</p>
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		<title>Zookoda Email Review</title>
		<link>http://izachy.com/2006/06/06/zookoda-email-review/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jun 2006 06:21:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Cheung</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Zookoda, which I discovered on ProBlogger, is a free web-hosted email broadcasting service. The service allows you to send posts from RSS feeds to subscribers. Zookoda is packed with features and it&#039;s hard to believe it&#039;s free. Other services I &#8230; <a href="http://izachy.com/2006/06/06/zookoda-email-review/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Zookoda, which I discovered on <a href="http://www.problogger.net/archives/2006/05/08/zookoda-20/ ">ProBlogger</a>, is a free web-hosted email broadcasting service. The service allows you to send posts from RSS feeds to subscribers. Zookoda is packed with features and it&#039;s hard to believe it&#039;s free. Other services I tested charged a million dollars for all the features found in Zookoda. However, I did encounter a few problems with it.</p>
<p>Read <a href="http://izachy.com/2006/06/06/zookoda-email-review/">Zookoda Email Review</a> (1,342 words)</p>
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		<title>Timecapsule Review</title>
		<link>http://izachy.com/2006/05/31/timecapsule-review/</link>
		<comments>http://izachy.com/2006/05/31/timecapsule-review/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 May 2006 18:51:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Cheung</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Aaron Brazell plugged his Timecapsule WordPress Plugin on the ProBlogger site today. Its a nice plugin for promoting old posts and it was easy to install. If you have a new site, like this site, you are better off using &#8230; <a href="http://izachy.com/2006/05/31/timecapsule-review/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Aaron Brazell plugged his <a href="http://www.problogger.net/archives/2006/06/01/wordpress-plugin-timecapsule/">Timecapsule WordPress Plugin</a> on the ProBlogger site today. Its a nice plugin for promoting old posts and it was easy to install. If you have a new site, like this site, you are better off using the <a href="http://www.w-a-s-a-b-i.com/archives/2006/02/02/wordpress-related-entries-20/">related posts</a> plugin. There&#039;s probably a plugin for recent posts too, but I&#039;ve only used the related posts plugin.</p>
<p>Now, back to Timecapsule. Like I said its a nice way to promote old posts. I did have a problem. I changed the maximum posts to display to two posts, but the plugin showed all four posts for a particular date. IE cache problem? Maybe, but I hit reload several times with the same results (even shift-reload). I launched FireFox and Opera. Still showed four posts instead of two. I changed the max posts to display to one, three, four, and five. The browser still showed all four posts. It must be me, because I don&#039;t hear anyone else with this problem. Not sure what I am doing wrong. I tried it with both the WP default and classic themes. And yes, I did click on the &#034;update options&#034; button.</p>
<p>Here are a couple of other suggestions for the plugin:</p>
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<li>Give users the option to specify a message when there are no posts to display. Currently its &#034;I was obviously slacking &#039;cause I didn&#039;t write anything this day. :-(&#034; I think its funny, but new visitors to the site might wonder why there&#039;s a message about slacking off on a particular date. I know I can go into the php file and change it myself, but some users don&#039;t want to play with the code thingy.</li>
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<li>Give users the option of not displaying anything at all when there&#039;s nothing to display. Or to display posts on the nearest date. So basically, users will have the option to display their own text, nothing, or nearest date when there are no posts to displayed.</li>
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<p>I like Aaron&#039;s plugin and would use it if my site wasn&#039;t new.</p>
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		<title>Six Suggestions for Adsense Injection</title>
		<link>http://izachy.com/2006/05/29/six-suggestions-for-adsense-injection/</link>
		<comments>http://izachy.com/2006/05/29/six-suggestions-for-adsense-injection/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 May 2006 05:03:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Cheung</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I noticed both Jensense and ProBlogger have a post on the new Adsense Injection plugin today (doesn&#039;t anyone respect US holidays anymore?). The plugin, by Dax the big nut, inserts Adsense ads in different spots on your blog. Not only &#8230; <a href="http://izachy.com/2006/05/29/six-suggestions-for-adsense-injection/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I noticed both <a href="http://www.jensense.com/archives/2006/05/adsense_injecti.html">Jensense</a> and <a href="http://www.problogger.net/archives/2006/05/30/adsense-injection-wordpress-plugin/">ProBlogger</a> have a post on the new <a href="http://wordpress-plugins.biggnuts.com/191/">Adsense Injection plugin</a> today (doesn&#039;t anyone respect US holidays anymore?). The plugin, by Dax the big nut, inserts Adsense ads in different spots on your blog. Not only does it insert ads in random spots, the plugin also changes the size of the ads.</p>
<p>Read <a href="http://izachy.com/2006/05/29/six-suggestions-for-adsense-injection/">Six Suggestions for Adsense Injection</a> (420 words)</p>
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